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Home - Workcamps Int'l Philippines


PROFILE

WORKCAMPS INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES (WINPHIL) is a workcamp organization based in Cebu City, Philippines. It is a non-governmental organization that fosters international understanding and world peace. It is a full member of the Network for Voluntary Development in Asia http://www.nvda-asiapacific.org.

Post your comments, suggestions and inquiries here and for more info, please email to win_phil@yahoo.com


HISTORY

In December 2003, WINPHIL started hosting projects known as workcamps in Olango Island, bringing together over seventy volunteers from Korea, Japan, Italy and the Philippines. These international group of volunteers planted mangroves, painted a chapel and cleaned coastal areas in Olango. The following year, workcamps were hosted not only in Olango but also in the municipality of Bantayan with over a hundred volunteers from Korea, Japan, France and local participants from Bantayan, Olango and Cebu City in cooperation with their local governments. Year after year, the volunteers keep coming including those from Russia, the United States of America, Taiwan, Germany and Spain. To date, over five hundred volunteers both local and foreign have participated in projects focused on the preservation and rehabilitation of our natural environment. If you want to volunteer click here.

But we just don't host workcamps in the Philippines, we also send local volunteers to our Partners' programs abroad. Click Partners Programs 1 and Partners Programs 2.

WHAT IS A WORKCAMP
A workcamp is a unique form of voluntary service where volunteers (10 to 20) coming from different cultural backgrounds, ideologies and nationalities come together (for two weeks) to work on a grassroots project for the benefit of local communities. The workcamp group is a multicultural, voluntary workforce promoting tolerance and understanding through culture exchange and international voluntary service. For further details refer to the WINPHIL HANDBOOK.

Post your comments, suggestions and inquiries here and for more info, please email to win_phil@yahoo.com